Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 46 Concubinage creates trouble

Winter Moon 22.

A few days ago, the first snow of winter arrived as expected, covering the entire capital in pure white.

Reflected by the white snow, the sky gets brighter earlier than usual.

Five watch.

The You family courtyard in Daodefang was brightly lit.

"Third sister! Why don't you get up quickly and help your sister dress up!"

Mrs. You shouted as she came to Sister You's bed and lifted the quilt.

Third Sister You lay on the bed, pouted and rubbed her eyes.

He muttered: "Then the Lai family didn't give me a small amount of betrothal gift. I told you to invite two people to come and help."

"Bah! You don't need to spend money to treat me? From now on, your second sister won't use the money to pay, what about you?"

As he spoke, he slapped his bulging buttocks, causing ripples.

Only then did Third Sister You reluctantly get up, put on her clothes, and tidy up.

When I came to Second Sister You's room, I saw my sister wearing a pink wedding dress. She was taking out a side of red paper from her dowry and placing it between her lips. She lightly pressed her lips together and suddenly her lips were as thin as cicada wings. Opening it lightly, those flaming red lips add a bit of charm.

He came up behind Sister You with a little pout, spread out her black hair, picked up the comb on the dressing table, and started combing it carefully.

After putting it all together for more than half an hour, I put on a complete set of headgear and face.

Looking at my sister in the mirror with her hair full of pearls and glittering gold, she said with envy on her face: "I'm afraid this set costs thousands of taels of silver. It's a shame that my brother-in-law is willing to buy it for you, and you can buy two sets that are not the same."

Second Sister You's eyes were full of satisfaction and she smiled and said: "If you like it, I will wear it for you for a few days later!"

After finishing speaking, he paused and then added: "Don't break it! Uh... after all, it was your brother-in-law's first gift!"

The two of them were chatting, and suddenly they heard the roar of firecrackers outside.

"It's coming! It's coming!" Mrs. You rushed in.

Second Sister You put on a pink hijab and came to the hospital with the support of Old Mother You and Third Sister You.

The four-bar sedan in pink clothing has stopped at the door of You's house.

Third Sister You helped Second Sister You sit in the sedan, another burst of firecrackers sounded, and the sedan slowly lifted up.

The pink sedan chair left Youjia Alley and headed north along Zhuque Avenue until it reached the Fangjian Avenue east of Ningrong Street before turning westbound. It circled half a circle in front of the Ningrong Second Mansion and turned from the west corridor into the back street. .

This was also Lai Da's idea. Although the two families were far enough apart, he still went around the second house in order to show off.

As soon as the pink-clothed sedan turned into the back street of Ningrong, Xue Pan gave an order in front of Lai's house, and there was a deafening crackling sound.

Taking a concubine is not like marrying a wife, and does not require all the red tape.

When the firecrackers stopped, Qingwen and Third Sister You each held a dustpan full of copper coins strung with red thread and threw them to the crowd who came forward to please them.

When there were not many copper coins left in the dustpan, he simply threw the dustpan into the empty snow. All the wedding coins in it disappeared into the snow, causing a dozen and a half-year-old children to run over and dig the snow.

Following Second Sister You's pink-clothed sedan chair entered the gate of Lai's house and was carried straight into the main courtyard, Second Sister You got off the sedan chair and entered the west wing with the support of her younger sister.

Third Sister You, who had accompanied her throughout the entire journey, was no longer in formal shape. She ignored the wedding bed that her sister had not yet had time to consecrate, and lay down on it, with two lotus-like calves raised high, and a pair of The lotus feet kept drawing circles in the air.

Second Sister You had a pink hijab on her head, so she couldn't see clearly what was going on inside the house. She didn't sit or stand, and she didn't move after waiting for a long time.

"Third Sister!..." Only then did Third Sister You think of her elder sister. She hurriedly got up from the bed and helped Second Sister You to sit down on the edge of the bed.

"Alas! All these red tapes are so tiring!"

Second Sister You chuckled softly: "Ha! Getting a wife is a hundred times more troublesome than this. You still want to be a real wife with your mentality of avoiding the complicated and taking the easy!"

"How can it be the same? Sister, you are sitting in a sedan chair without realizing it, but I followed you for several miles!"

As he said this, he walked to the table in the room, picked up the scale beam for carrying the hijab and weighed it, and then carefully looked at the room with swaying red candles and light gauze curtains.

"Why don't you say Lai doesn't come over?"

"Bah! Didn't you change your words last time?" Second Sister You spat lightly.

Third Sister You pouted and said, "He hasn't come yet! Who should I call to?"

Just as he was talking, he saw Youshi opening the door in a panic.

He glanced around the room and asked, "Isn't Lai Shangrong here?"

"What Lai Shangrong? Even if the second sister becomes a concubine, she is still your sister. Now that we are married, we should call her brother-in-law at least!"

Third Sister You said in awe.

"You haven't taken off your hijab yet! I'm telling you, you haven't sat down yet, so go back quickly!"

Third Sister You said angrily: "If you look down on us, just don't interact with us in the future. There is no reason to leave now!"

Youshi said anxiously: "You didn't know that this was a disaster for the Lai family! Now the eldest master of Xifu and your brother-in-law are looking for him all over the yard, saying they want him to hand over some paper-making workshop!"

Third Sister You asked suspiciously, "What papermaking workshop? Could it be that the Lai family got ink from his family?"

You Shi was suffocated, and said in shame: "That's not true, I heard them tell the old lady that it was Lai Shangrong who made it up."

Third Sister You scolded angrily: "Then why do they want my brother-in-law to hand him over?"

Youshi stamped her feet and lowered her voice and said: "How can you reason with such a powerful family? Besides, his father-in-law's body deed is still in the house, so there is no place for him to reason. Since he hasn't picked up his hijab yet, you guys should follow him first. I'm going back!"

After hearing what You said, Third Sister You stopped talking and turned to look at Second Sister You, who was sitting blankly on the edge of the bed.

At this time, Second Sister You was feebly fiddling with the corners of her pink wedding dress, but her eyes were aimlessly looking through the lower edge of the hijab, staring blankly at the fingers tightly twisted together.

"This time it's not just the eldest master and your brother-in-law who are looking for him. It is said that there are also many family friends who have been tricked by him. Otherwise, they would not have mobilized so many people."

Apparently Youshi was afraid that Second Sister You wouldn't be able to hold it properly, so he added more weight.

Her words seemed to have touched some mechanism. Second Sister You suddenly woke up and said with a pinched neck: "Eldest sister, you should go back! Although I am not a chaste and martyr girl, but now that I have entered his house, there is no reason to leave again."

As soon as she said these words, she stooped down as if she was deflated.

When Sanjie You heard this, she immediately stood between her and Mrs. You.

"Since the second sister said she won't leave, the eldest sister should go back first!"

Youshi sighed: "What a sin! I told you a long time ago, don't be greedy for wealth!"

Third Sister You raised her chest and shouted, "What's the use of talking about this now?"

Youshi stamped her foot: "In that case, just stay here and don't move. I'll go ahead and see what the old lady says!"

Before leaving the room, he turned around and warned Third Sister You: "Watch Second Sister, don't run around!"

(End of this chapter)